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Eric Milton
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 4, 1975 in State College, PA
Schools: University of Maryland
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed September 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1998 22 MIN AL 8 14 .364 5.64 32 32 0 1 0 0 172.1 195 113 108 25 70 0 107 2 0 1 772 84 1.538 10.2 1.3 3.7 5.6 1.53
1999 23 MIN AL 7 11 .389 4.49 34 34 0 4 2 0 206.1 190 111 103 28 63 2 163 3 0 2 858 113 1.226 8.3 1.2 2.7 7.1 2.59
2000 24 MIN AL 13 10 .565 4.86 33 33 0 0 0 0 200.0 205 123 108 35 44 0 160 7 0 5 849 106 1.245 9.2 1.6 2.0 7.2 3.64
2001 25 MIN AL 15 7 .682 4.32 35 34 0 2 1 0 220.2 222 109 106 35 61 0 157 5 0 2 944 106 1.282 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.4 2.57 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 13 9 .591 4.84 29 29 0 2 1 0 171.0 173 96 92 24 30 0 121 3 0 4 707 92 1.187 9.1 1.3 1.6 6.4 4.03
2003 27 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 2.65 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 15 5 5 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 66 171 0.941 7.9 1.1 0.5 3.7 7.00
2004 28 PHI NL 14 6 .700 4.75 34 34 0 0 0 0 201.0 196 110 106 43 75 6 161 1 0 3 862 95 1.348 8.8 1.9 3.4 7.2 2.15
2005 29 CIN NL 8 15 .348 6.47 34 34 0 0 0 0 186.1 237 141 134 40 52 2 123 7 0 8 855 66 1.551 11.4 1.9 2.5 5.9 2.37
2006 30 CIN NL 8 8 .500 5.19 26 26 0 0 0 0 152.2 163 94 88 29 42 4 90 5 0 2 662 90 1.343 9.6 1.7 2.5 5.3 2.14
2007 31 CIN NL 0 4 .000 5.17 6 6 0 0 0 0 31.1 39 21 18 4 9 0 18 0 0 2 143 90 1.532 11.2 1.1 2.6 5.2 2.00
2009 33 LAD NL 2 1 .667 3.80 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 12 10 2 6 0 20 2 0 0 108 110 1.521 11.4 0.8 2.3 7.6 3.33
11 Seasons 89 85 .511 4.99 271 270 0 9 4 0 1582.1 1665 935 878 267 453 14 1127 35 0 29 6826 94 1.339 9.5 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.49
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .511 4.99 34 34 0 1 1 0 199 209 118 110 34 57 2 142 4 0 4 858 94 1.339 9.5 1.5 2.6 6.4 2.49
MIN (6 yrs) 57 51 .528 4.76 166 165 0 9 4 0 987.1 1000 557 522 149 269 2 715 20 0 14 4196 101 1.285 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.5 2.66
CIN (3 yrs) 16 27 .372 5.83 66 66 0 0 0 0 370.1 439 256 240 73 103 6 231 12 0 12 1660 77 1.464 10.7 1.8 2.5 5.6 2.24
PHI (1 yr) 14 6 .700 4.75 34 34 0 0 0 0 201.0 196 110 106 43 75 6 161 1 0 3 862 95 1.348 8.8 1.9 3.4 7.2 2.15
LAD (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.80 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 12 10 2 6 0 20 2 0 0 108 110 1.521 11.4 0.8 2.3 7.6 3.33
AL (6 yrs) 57 51 .528 4.76 166 165 0 9 4 0 987.1 1000 557 522 149 269 2 715 20 0 14 4196 101 1.285 9.1 1.4 2.5 6.5 2.66
NL (5 yrs) 32 34 .485 5.38 105 105 0 0 0 0 595.0 665 378 356 118 184 12 412 15 0 15 2630 83 1.427 10.1 1.8 2.8 6.2 2.24

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS W OAK 1 0 1.000 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 28 1.000 7.7 1.3 1.3 3.9 3.00
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS L ANA 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 2.00
2003 27 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.600 5.4 0.0 0.0 5.4
2 Seasons (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 1.65 3 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 13 3 3 2 3 0 9 0 0 0 65 0.980 7.2 1.1 1.7 5.0 3.00
2 ALDS 1 0 1.000 1.74 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 40 0.871 7.0 0.9 0.9 4.4 5.00
1 ALCS 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.167 7.5 1.5 3.0 6.0 2.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 22 MIN AL 3 9 9 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .444 .444 .444 .889 132 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 23 MIN AL 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 24 MIN AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 25 MIN AL 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 115 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 28 PHI NL 33 75 65 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 29 .154 .200 .169 .369 -5 11 0 0 5 1 0 1
2005 29 CIN NL 32 64 56 7 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 25 .143 .186 .268 .454 18 15 0 0 5 0 0 1
2006 30 CIN NL 27 58 49 8 11 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 24 .224 .250 .327 .577 44 16 1 0 6 1 0 1
2007 31 CIN NL 6 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -27 1 0 0 2 0 0 /1
2009 33 LAD NL 6 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 1 2 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 113 238 205 20 36 5 1 2 16 0 0 10 90 .176 .216 .239 .455 17 49 1 1 20 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 341 294 29 52 7 1 3 23 0 0 14 129 .176 .216 .239 .455 17 70 1 1 29 3 0
MIN (6 yrs) 9 21 20 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .300 .633 67 6 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (3 yrs) 65 131 112 15 20 4 1 2 9 0 0 5 51 .179 .212 .286 .498 27 32 1 0 13 1 0
PHI (1 yr) 33 75 65 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 29 .154 .200 .169 .369 -5 11 0 0 5 1 0
LAD (1 yr) 6 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 1 2 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 104 217 185 19 30 5 1 2 14 0 0 9 83 .162 .203 .232 .435 12 43 1 1 20 2 0
AL (6 yrs) 9 21 20 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .300 .633 67 6 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS OAK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS ANA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 27 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 MIN AL 22 P 32 32 172.1 28 8 20 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.88 .957 1.78 0.50
1999 MIN AL 23 P 34 34 206.1 27 8 16 3 1 .889 1.05 0.71 .956 1.69 0.47
2000 MIN AL 24 P 33 33 200.0 23 7 15 1 0 .957 0.99 0.67 .957 1.62 0.46
2001 MIN AL 25 P 35 34 220.2 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 0.82 0.57 .955 1.75 0.49 AS
2002 MIN AL 26 P 30 30 171.0 18 5 12 1 1 .944 0.89 0.57 .956 1.69 0.48
2003 MIN AL 27 P 3 3 17.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.50
2004 PHI NL 28 P 34 34 201.0 27 4 23 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.79 .963 1.84 0.47
2005 CIN NL 29 P 34 34 186.1 20 3 17 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.59 .960 1.75 0.46
2006 CIN NL 30 P 26 26 152.2 24 5 19 0 1 1.000 1.41 0.92 .954 1.72 0.43
2007 CIN NL 31 P 6 6 31.1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.72 1.00 .967 1.67 0.40
2009 LAD NL 33 P 5 5 23.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.80 .950 1.67 0.40
11 Seasons P 272 271 1582.1 197 47 145 5 5 .975 1.09 0.71 .957 1.73 0.47
11 Seasons TOT 272 271 1582.1 197 47 145 5 5 .975 1.09 0.71 .932 1.73 0.47

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2001

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2001 AL--.682--9th
2004 NL--.700--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1999 AL--1.226--2nd
2000 AL--1.245--5th
Active--1.339--39th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 AL--8.288--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 AL--1.980--4th
2002 AL--1.579--3rd
Active--2.577--21st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 AL--7.110--9th
2000 AL--7.200--9th
Active--6.410--50th
Career--6.410--155th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Active--1582.3--41st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1999 AL--163--9th
2000 AL--160--10th
Active--1127--46th

Games Started s c a p y
1999 AL--34--2nd
2000 AL--33--9th
2001 AL--34--3rd
2004 NL--34--5th
2005 NL--34--8th
Active--270--30th

Complete Games s c a p y
1999 AL--4--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1999 AL--2--2nd
2001 AL--1--10th
2002 AL--1--9th
Active--4--40th

Home Runs s c a p y
2000 AL--35--2nd
2001 AL--35--2nd
2004 NL--43--1st
2005 NL--40--1st
2006 NL--29--5th
Active--267--10th
Career--267--70th

Hits s c a p y
2005 NL--237--4th
Active--1665--38th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1999 AL--2.587--9th
2000 AL--3.636--4th
2001 AL--2.574--9th
2002 AL--4.033--3rd
Active--2.488--21st
Career--2.488--86th

Losses s c a p y
1998 AL--14--8th
2005 NL--15--3rd
Active--85--41st

Earned Runs s c a p y
2000 AL--108--8th
2001 AL--106--4th
2004 NL--106--5th
2005 NL--134--1st
Active--878--24th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 NL--8--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2001 AL--944--8th
Active--6826--39th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 30 (804), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1023), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1337), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed September 6, 1996.

February 6, 1998: Traded by the New York Yankees with Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzman, Danny Mota and cash to the Minnesota Twins for Chuck Knoblauch.

December 3, 2003: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Nick Punto and Carlos Silva. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Bobby Korecky (December 17, 2003) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 28, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

July 11, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

February 10, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998Minnesota Twins$170,000
1999Minnesota Twins$240,000
2000Minnesota Twins$285,000
2001Minnesota Twins$2,150,000
2002Minnesota Twins$4,000,000
2003Minnesota Twins$6,000,000
2004Philadelphia Phillies$9,000,000
2005Cincinnati Reds$5,333,333
2006Cincinnati Reds$9,833,333
2007Cincinnati Reds$10,333,333
Career (may be incomplete)$47,344,999
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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